1. www.dsireusa.org / February 2017
Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) with Solar or Distributed Generation Provisions
/ February 2017
VT: 1% DG X /5ths of 1%/year until 10% X 2032
WA: 2 MW DG (M)
OR: 20 MW PV x 2025
2 for PV (M)
NV: 1.5% (E)
x 2025
2.4 for PV (M)
UT: 2.4 (M) for (E)
AZ: 4.5% DG x 2025
NM: 4% (E) x 2020
0.6% DG x 2020
CO: 3.0% DG x 2020
1.5% CST x 2020
MN: 1.5% (E) x 2020
0.15% PV DG x 2020
MI: 3.2 (M) for (E)
MO: 0.3% (E) x 2021
IL: 1.5% PV x 2026
0.25% DG x 2026
OH: 0.5% (E) x 2027
SC: 0.25% DG x 2021
Solar water heating counts toward
solar/DG provision
NH: 0.3% (E) x 2014
MA: 400 MW PV x 2020
NY: 0.58% customer -
sited x 2015
PA: 0.5% PV x 2021
NJ: 4.1% (E) x 2028
DC: 2.5% (E) x 2023
DE: 3.5% PV x 2026
3.0 for PV (M)
MD: 2.5% (E) x 2020 DC
NC: 0.2% (E)
x 2018
22 States + DC have an RPS with solar or DG provisions
Renewable Portfolio Standard with solar/distributed
generation (DG) provision
(E): Solar Electric
PV: Solar Photovoltaic
DG: Distributed Generation
(M): Multipliers
(CST): Customer - Sited
Delaware allows certain fuel cell systems to qualify for the PV carve-out
Renewable Portfolio Goal with solar/DG provision